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Charles VI

American  

noun

  1. Charles the MadorCharles the Well-beloved, 1368–1422, king of France 1380–1422.

  2. 1685–1740, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1711–40; as Charles III, king of Hungary 1711–40.


Charles VI British  

noun

  1. known as Charles the Mad or Charles the Well-Beloved. 1368–1422, king of France (1380–1422): defeated by Henry V of England at Agincourt (1415), he was forced by the Treaty of Troyes (1420) to recognize Henry as his successor

  2. 1685–1740, Holy Roman Emperor (1711–40). His claim to the Spanish throne (1700) led to the War of the Spanish Succession

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The Roman Emperor Claudius is thought to have died from consuming the mushrooms in AD 54, and so is the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, in 1740.

From Scientific American May 16, 2023

Her husband presented the case to Charles VI, demanding the right to a judicial duel, or trial by combat.

From New York Times Oct. 13, 2021

He went because the emperor, Charles VI, was a patron, ready to bankroll productions of Vivaldi’s operas.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 10, 2018

On 21 May, in a treaty sealed in the city of Troyes, the kings of England were recognised by the French king, Charles VI, as the rightful inheritors of the throne of France.

From BBC Dec. 20, 2016

It dates from the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, and was restored under Charles VI.,

From Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

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